She closed her eyesAnd let the walls of her prison fall awayThe walls that ached with a timeless waitThey had become her walls of this modern tv lifeShe closed her eyesAnd let them fall awayAnd in her dreams she is standing by an oceanShe is gazing out to seaShe can remember with just a fleeting glimpseThat she was once freeSo long ago now, so long it was as if it had never beenWas it a holidayShe thinks it could have been, ah yes, Italy

And he closes his eyesAnd he is gone far awayGone from all the confusionGone from all the painHe can easily see what a pointless wasteHis modern life has becomeChasing the gravy grainChasing the dollarChasing the clockChasing his male friendsChasing the bossChasing as it was everythingIt was nothing

Only the sound of his own breathing was all he hadAt the end of the dayAnd reasons to wonder, reasons to cryToo late for this selfish sinner who never asked why